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Privy Poet’ Society: Naina

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Privy Poet’ Society is a section of Lutalica that is dedicated solely to poets and their love for poetry. To read more from Privy Poet’ Society, click here.

Yesterday, I asked my grandfather, “Do you think we can really read a person’s mind or understand what they are feeling by looking at their eyes? Do you think that eyes are really as special and expressive as we say they are? Because honestly speaking, I can never understand anything by looking at anyone’s eyes. They just look like two passive circles to me. To me, the turn of lips can say a lot more than eyes, which by the way I have barely any voluntary muscular control over. I think I’d like to believe the romantic idea that eyes can speak but actually, it all seems like an overhyped farce to me.”

He replied very simply, saying that yes of course, eyes can express a lot. But it’s not really the eyes themselves. To put it simply, sometimes we may look at a face and think that their eyes are beautiful because they are perfectly placed on the face and they are a great match for the face. That’s what we call beautiful or thrilling. Sometimes we may see someone and be repulsed because we feel their eyes are a mismatch with their face. So, it’s not they eyes themselves but how they fit with the face. The same eyes on another face may look horrendous.

That’s how we assess although we discount for these things when we write poetry. So, I’ve explained this concept in poetry for once and for all. Just for a fresh perspective on eyes. Naina in hindi means eyes. It’s a beautiful word with many songs written on it.